Exposition

När blir sångaren konstnär (2025)

Martin Hellström

About this exposition

When does the singer become an artist? We ran an opera laboratory at the Department of Opera at Stockholm University of the Arts, during the years 2017-2020. With the searchlight focused on the creativity of the singer, we wanted to explore the borderland between the rehearsed and the spontaneous, in the art of performing opera. Our basic questions were: -when does the performance of the opera singer, which requires a high level of technical perfection, open up towards the unpredictable, creative moment? -Where is the border line between interpretation and improvisation, does it even exist? We commissioned a mini-opera to use as working material;Camilles irrfärder & äventyr, composed by Petter Ekman to a libretto by Tuvalisa Rangström. Windows for improvisation were included in the score, where the performers can play with text, rythm, melody or structure in different ways. In the work we alternated between artistic experiments and reflection. The ensemble reflected on how the different games and methods opened or closed the creative flow, and how the improvisations affected the performers' relationship to the material. A parallel focus was how the singers were inspired to change or expand their voices. We have found new methods in the work of developing the creative ability and force of the opera singer. We have applied the methods in different ways in higher education for Opera singers, developing new pedagogic approaches in the process.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsOpera, Röst, Sang, sångare, sångteknik, Imrovisation, Interpretation, Musikdramatik, Kammaropera, imrovisation, interpretation, musikdramatik, kammaropera, Hanna Fritzon, Olle Persson, Petter Ekman, Tuvalisa Rangström, sång, röst, pedagogik, konstnärlig forskning, Improvisation, Pedagogik
date17/06/2025
published07/11/2025
last modified07/11/2025
statuspublished
affiliationStockholms konstnärliga högskola
copyrightUlrika Tenstam, Martin Hellström, Stina Ancker, Petter Ekman, Tuvalisa Rangström, Hanna Fritzon, Olle Persson
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageSwedish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3760048/3760049
published inStockholm University of the Arts (SKH)
portal issue0. X-position
external linkhttps://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uniarts:diva-2243


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